Leave some space as immanence すでに内在している希望

Spring (finally) has come, and while I look at the lilac swinging with the spring breeze, I wrote my momental thoughts.

春が来て、ライラックが咲いた!この花が春風に揺れるその瞬間、私の心がゆらゆらと揺れるのを感じた、そんなエピソードを書いています。

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What makes you happy? 何が幸せの基準?

Happiness is about fulfilling your body and mind by experiencing beautiful moments in the mundane life rather than filling the closet with ‘things’. 人生の喜び、幸せと思うことは、物質の量で満足したと思い込むよりも、心から喜べる体験を通して、その心を満たして行くことかもしれない。

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Mule deer’s lecture シカ先生から学ぶこと

The wild animals know something that the humans forgot. Learning to live with nature through the experience of being with wild animals. 野生動物は自然の摂理や真理を知っているだけではなく、生きているという形で私たちに見せてくれるよ。

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Utterance of the Mountains 山から聞こえる声言

My life with mountains changed the way I see the world. The materiality of the mountain makes me realize that I live in a moment! 山の声なき声が私に生きる上でのヒントを促してくれる。そんな山たちとのポエティックな対話をお楽しみください。

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Life-making as art-making 人生はARTづくり過程の中にある

The process of art making and life making are alike. Why do some people focus so much on the product. The secret of making life shine is perhaps in the process that the person creates! アートを作る過程と人生を作る過程は似ている。アートにおいては、作るという過程よりも「出来栄え」ばかり気にしてしまう人が多い。作る過程の中には、いろいろな気づきがある。

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Japanese Mizuhiki Art by Aya 水引アートから知る世界

水引アーティスト、綾さんに彼女が考えているアートの概念、そして、アーティストとしての生き様や使命などについてお伺いしました。Interview with Aya, Japanese Mizuhiki Artist. She shared her idea of what becoming artist might mean… Her work is available @paper_for_you (instagram)

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In-between: Giving up and not giving up 諦める・諦めないの「はざま」で

Giving up or not giving up. By being in the middle space of giving up and not giving up, I see something very important and encounter something might change your life forever! 諦める事と諦めない事の「はざま」に立つ事により何か今までに見えなかったことが見えてくるかもしれない。

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Saying or Feeling? : Gratitude 感謝って言うもの?感じるもの?

Thinking with meanings. Saying thank you might not mean that you know what appreciations do to you and the world! 言うだけではわかったことにならないかもしれない。

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Why Music? 音楽に潜む力

Music has been living with humans for thousands of years. As you can see in the cave paintings from prehistoric time, humans danced with music to express their thoughts, feelings, and more. I consider music as a ways of knowing and way to exchange knowledge. Exchange here means more complicated than just one-way exchanges that…

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New Concept for Dining… つくられた外食の新しい形

After coronavirus spread all over the world, humans disappeared from the dine-out business back in 2020 during the lock-downs. The following year, restaurants and other social gathering spaces reopened its business, and yet, some restrictions still have remained. Where I live, the Pacific west coast of Canada, most of the public spaces including restaurants, museums,…

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